In my experience there are 2 variations of thinking I suggest
1. Charles Dicken's / Mark Twain Therapy - as per Uncle Scrooge and Tom & Huck. What do you want by the end of your life?
2. What Is The Goal Beyond The Goal - this is the commonest thing I find missing when people describe a "mid-life crisis". It's a mini version of 1.
With these methods in place, events like this become rest stops, time to get your bearings and contemplation moments.
As many of the people have been commenting for you, it's about making apparent failure into discovery, and when you have a bigger picture/purpose this comes automatically.
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